Where does “gemeente” come from?
gemeente (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch gemeende, from Old Dutch gimēnitha, from Proto-West Germanic gamainī, from Proto-Germanic gamainiz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱom-moynis.
gemeente (Dutch): municipality, commune; congregation
Definitions
- municipality, commune; congregation
Ancestry of “gemeente”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | gemeende | — |
| 2 | Old Dutch | gimēnitha | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | gamainī | common; shared, communal |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | gamainiz | shared, communal, public; common, ordinary |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moynis | — |